"GMP launched an investigation at around 1pm on Wednesday after being alerted to the incident.

"West Yorkshire Police later arrested a man aged 20 in Bradford on suspicion of driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.

"He has been transferred to Greater Manchester Police custody to be interviewed. "

He's been brought back to Greater Manchester to be questioned

Sergeant Simeon Holt, of GMP’s Specialist Operations Road Policing Unit, said: "As a result of good co-operation between GMP, the press and our colleagues in West Yorkshire, we have been able to bring a man into custody.

"I'd like to thank them for their professionalism and co-operation."

A verbal interim disqualification was put in place and Shaikh, a Manchester Metropolitan University student, nodded to the judge before leaving court.

He was seen walking to his car - parked around 50 yards away from the court on Bridge Street - before driving away.

Shaikh, originally from Bradford, was driving the same black Polo when it collided with a woman on Upper Brook Street on November 18 last year. The court heard the woman was visiting her son, who is in permanent care at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Shaikh, who has no previous convictions, is due to be sentenced on June 14.